LBG- Chennai-The Nocover Band
LBG have been around for about 6 years and is one of the pioneers of performing original music in Chennai.
What is 'Babooskha'?
A Babooshka (Matryoshka) is a Russian nesting doll. A set of Matryoshka dolls consists of a wooden figure which can be pulled apart to reveal another figure of the same sort inside.
It has in turn another figure inside, and so on. The number of nested figures is usually six or more....
What is LBG about?
5 Men who create and weave magic- Now after years of extensive hard work, innumerable shows, intense practice sessions, rock hard determination and suffering fools, LBG has reached a point where you just cant not notice.
Having released their debut album, "This Animal is called the Wallet", the band realizes that spreading music means spreading the true message.
"We don’t care if people can’t accept our music because it doesn't sound like growling dogs banging your head with a ratchet or a cover that you can listen to from your mp3 collection"
Love uz, hate uz: we will not let you ignore uz!” - LBG
What you can expect at an LBG show?
Lots of high energy tunes complimented by an equally high energy performance. No talk of Satan, or death and destruction, we have enough of that in this world.
This is music that has its own character matched by our in-your-face attitude of not perpetuating the lie that original music won’t get you anywhere.
“Write your own song”
Not playing covers- How we view it and how we can overcome this?
LBG understands that this has kept them away from bigger shows and bigger things, "but how long are we going to play other people's songs to prove that we are worthy? Who is the better band - Grateful Dead or Dream Theatre? Whose to judge?" says Arjun
" It just depends on the music you like and since there are not that many recognised “eclectic” rock platforms in the country the journey is that much harder, but the rock audience are becoming more and more open and that gives us the passion to rock on!!" - says Aum
BAND INITIATIVES:
The Rising South
The Rising South is a string of live performances that LBG has been/ will be organizing in and around Chennai originally started as a part of the band’s tsunami relief and now taking on a higher purpose to promote original music and original bands.
The Rising South concept essentially revolves around the idea of promoting meritorious original music and musicians distributed over South India.
In the past a score of promo events had been organized in and around the city of Chennai and the concept is now ready to be taken on board a higher platform.
In keeping with recent trends among musicians and the mass audience represented by the ever increasing fan base for original Indian rock music, the Rising South provides the perfect dais for bringing excellent original music into the foreground and at the same time serve as a distinctive arena for sending out messages to the vast target audience which essentially consists of Indian youth between the ages of 18 and 30.
MMU COMMUNICATIONS
LBG is being backed by a professional Advertising Agency in Chennai called “MMU COMMUNICATIONS” which provides assistance in all promotional activities (PR, Hoardings, Poster Design, E-mailers, SMS Messaging, Newspapers Ads)for all our shows.
We believe that it’s not just enough for a band to just come, play and then F@#k off… It’s a joint effort with the organizer to make sure that as many people come and watch the band performing.
MMU communications also has an Events Division and is planning on starting a Record Label with the aim to reach music to the masses through all Major Music Stores in India,where they released their full length album on July 10th 2005.
They have sold over 700 Albums till date at the shows and over the Internet which has been received with rave reviews.
Their musical influences range from blues to reggae to hard rock and jazz.
After completion of numerous shows & tons of composing, LBG are planning to release their second album titled “Bad Children” by November 2006 which will be kicked off with a full India tour (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkatta, Maybe somewhere in the North east, Cochin & Chennai).They are also in the process of story boarding
LBG releases its second offering this November with a special launch performance at Distil, Taj Connemara. The 11 song full length album (short listed from over 25 songs) is a culmination of over 2 years of song writing, dedication and hard work.
The Album was recorded over a 3 month period with the band taking time to reflect over the material and making the appropriate adjustments to bring their vision of a quintessential Indian rock album to reality.
The band believes, as it did when it released its first album in 2004 titled " This Animal is called the Wallet, that the songs reflect a certain state of mind as well aspirations, fears and hopes for the future.
Tempered with a fair amount aggression and well rounded instrumentation, the album sees its members pushing the envelope in terms of what is normally considered "an Indian rock album".
It has also shot a video for "Basics of Life" that will premiere at Distil.
"Bad Children" is a personification of the rebellious tone of the compilation and the band's journey and adventure on the road less traveled
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